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I'm Amused: Part 2 (of 2)

September 3, 2009 – 2:27 pm

Shoe: Clown shoe. The best part of this post is that I’m getting back on track with my obsession o’ so me (social media).
So here’s why I’m also amused. Earlier this week I was conducting some research on Facebook for a client. Right after I signed on, I noticed I was logged in to Chat [...]

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I’m Amused: Part 1 (of 2)

August 27, 2009 – 10:09 pm

Shoe: Clown shoe. Because to most of us, clowns attempt to be amusing and fail. Thus, I am going to relay my recent run-in with being amused and also fail be amusing. Also, this post is not meant to be scary. So if you’re scared of clowns, rest assured this post does not have anything [...]

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‘Expert’ise Examined

June 15, 2009 – 4:17 pm

Last week, I attended Blog Potomac, an industry ‘unconference’ in the DC area. I had the opportunity to hear from several industry thought-leaders in different areas of corporate communication.

One of the most thought-provoking topics of the day regarded the concept of “personal branding,” an online strategy for an individual to consistently position their ‘unique brand’ [...]

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Wordle

May 12, 2009 – 12:15 pm

A couple of months ago, I came across Wordle, a word cloud generator. Word clouds create images using words (profound, I know). The larger the word indicates the more times it has been used throughout a particular area of text.
Wordle has a variety of options that allow for the creation of beautiful, unique word clouds. [...]

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Debunking ‘Viral Marketing’

May 3, 2009 – 12:34 pm

This past February, The NYT wrote an article that covered a ‘viral’ communication trend on Facebook. Millions of users wrote notes in their pages that told their friends ‘25 Random Things you Didn’t know About me.’
While I am finally going to attempt to uncover ‘25 Random Things you Didn’t know About me,’ I think it’s [...]

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